Toosa (moth)

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Toosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Thyrididae
Subfamily: Charideinae
Genus: Toosa
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • CicinnoscelisHolland, 1894

Toosa is a genus of moths of the family Thyrididae erected by Francis Walker in 1856. The species are found in Africa. [1]

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Species

Some species of this genus are: [2] [3]

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References

  1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Toosa Walker, 1856". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Toosa Walker, 1856". Afromoths. Retrieved March 23, 2020. Note: This source appears to misspell the synonym as Cincinnoscelis.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Toosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved March 23, 2020.